.. somehow , the wheels of diplomacy are moving in that direction . The wheels of business want to re – open the doors of commerce with Qum and Teheran . But , should they ? At least , should they with the Mullahs still in control ?

.. any agreement between the P5+1 and Iran would , one would think , effectively handcuff Israel from a military strike on Iran . That is most everyone ‘ s operating assumption . however , the conventional wisdom has a nasty habit of often being badly mistaken …

.. They have not understood or really studied the man that is Benjamin Netanyahu . he understands the responsibility that he holds as Israeli pm . he knows the military score . He has to make a heavy decision …

.. their editorial page had a serious temper tantrum tirade over the letter that the Senate GOP sent to the leaders of Iran over the Nuclear Sanctions negotiations . They thought that they were ripping the seaators a new one over it all . Well , they ended up looking like a bunch of powerless idiots in the process …

.. the Senators are not a bunch of mindless knomes . They are not put there in the Senate for window dressing . They aer public servants themselves . They aer also part of a co — equal branch of government . so they have every right to speak their minds . They can do it individually , or they can do it collectively . The proceedings over the Kyoto Treaty debate are a classic case in point …

.. Bill Clinton ‘ s people were negotiating a potential treaty over the global warming debate . It was highly unpopular to say the least . Even the DummyCraps did not like it , to a man and a woman . So , since the GOP controlled the chamber , and after lack of consultation ., the Senate GOP leadership decided to send Clinton a message : a Sense of the Senate resolution , with debate by all sides included [in public] …

.. well , that resolution was adopted by a 95 to 0 vote . The Kyoto Treaty would have been thoroughly rejected and discredited here in the United States . Ergo , it was never submitted to the Us sENATE for ratification . The Administration well knoew what would happen if it did …

.. I think that the Office of White House Counsel reminded the President that only some of the sanctions were Executive in nature . Those type of sanctions were ones that the POTUS can change / alter / delete at his / her whim . However , there are others . The Neutrality Act of the 1930s is a precedent that the ObamaCrap to pay attention to and not ignore …

.. the other Iran Nuclear sanctions are statutory in nature . Those are ones that were enacted by Congress . As much as His Lordship might want to try and waive them , he cannot . Congress is the party that must act . They must change them / alterhm , or delete them ……

.. so Congress will have its say. What that say might be is anyone ‘ s guess …

— [update] — well , they effectively have not had their say . The DummyCraps have filibustered the one resolution in the Senate , and the House rejected its companion . The one resolution that did clear the House states that ” the clock on Congress ‘ consideration of the subject ” has not started . That one passed overwhelmingly …

.. by Congressional tradition , only POTUS [even this louse] can speak to a Joint Session of both Houses of Congress . No one else . Everyone else , no matter who it is , speaks to a Joint Meeting of the Houses …

.. once I have it , I will post [hopefully of good quality] a video of Bibi ‘ s speech . It is important , damned important , in the debate over any possible nuclear agreement with the Mullahs in Qum [Iran] …